Sujet

The International Exhibition: Thorneycroft's "Skipping Girl", statuette...by Minton and Co., 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The International Exhibition: Thorneycroft's "Skipping Girl", statuette in Parian, by Minton and Co., 1862. 'This figure measures no less 3ft. 10in. in height. The shrinking of ceramic statuary, parian, &c., from the firing and drying, presents a great difficulty, which has been overcome with remarkable skill in this figure. The reduced copy has all the symmetry and natural grace of the original...We understand that by improvements in the process and the material this figure has shrunk only one-eighth instead of the usual one-fourth. But this amount of contraction demands great care and experience in the manufacture...Parian, of its natural and true tinge, seems the exact mean for statuary porcelain...We must not conclude these remarks without expressing our admiration for the original statue of this figure - one of the most felicitous works of the accomplished lady Sculptor, Mrs. Thorneycroft [sic]...The exact period of adolescence is described in the slender torso and limbs, but more by no untruthful diminution of the head and extremities. Momentary action - always an enormous difficulty - is perfectly caught; the drapery is disposed with the strictest regard to keeping - that is to say, lending itself both to express the form and the movement'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_451

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

20,8Mo (1,7Mo) / 16,2cm x 32,2cm / 1916 x 3802 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female people child children girl girls event arts statue statues sculpture China art British color skipping skipping rope century Britain newspapers press porcelain print exhibition B&W full length full-length engraved engraving exposition Colour drapery 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century World Fair The Print Collector cultural event Illustrated London News World's Fair ILN newspaper trade fair Unknown Parian ware Mary Thornycroft Thornycroft Mary Mrs Mary Thornycroft Great London Exposition International Exhibition of 1862 Minton Minton Ltd Minton Ceramics Manufactory Minton Ltd. Minton's Pottery and Porcelain Factory Minton's Minton Ceramic Factory Mintons 19th-century 1862 International Exhibition Mary Francis Francis Mary Minton & Co.